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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11728671 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Aug. 15, 2017

Assembly and method for powering an electric aircraft and/or an electric aircraft equipped with said assembly

Applicant:

Saronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal Lda, Madeira, PT;

Inventor:

Robert James, Hatfield, GB;

Assignee:

Saronikos Trading and Services, Unipessoal LDA, Madeira, PT;

Attorney:

Workman Nydegger

Primary Examiner:

Edward Tso

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 10/44 (2006.01); H01M 10/46 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01); B60L 53/00 (2019.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.01); B60L 50/70 (2019.01); B60L 58/12 (2019.01); B60L 8/00 (2006.01); B64C 39/02 (2023.01); B64D 27/24 (2006.01); B64D 41/00 (2006.01); H02J 3/38 (2006.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/34 (2013.01); B60L 8/003 (2013.01); B60L 50/60 (2019.02); B60L 50/70 (2019.02); B60L 53/00 (2019.02); B60L 58/12 (2019.02); B64C 39/024 (2013.01); B64D 27/24 (2013.01); B64D 41/00 (2013.01); H02J 3/381 (2013.01); B60L 2200/10 (2013.01); B64D 2041/005 (2013.01); B64D 2211/00 (2013.01); B64U 10/13 (2023.01); B64U 50/19 (2023.01); B64U 50/34 (2023.01); H02J 2300/24 (2020.01); H02J 2310/44 (2020.01);
Abstract

An assembly and a method for powering an electric aircraft by way of a supplementary energy-supplying device. The electric energy delivered by such device reduces the energy drawn from the battery and recharges the battery when the supplementary electrical power exceeds that consumed. A greater extension of the flight time may be achieved by defining a number of energy profiles that can be automatically activated by energy management components. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the supplementary energy-supplying device is a photovoltaic film covering at least a portion of a frame of the aircraft. The invention relates also to an electric aircraft equipped with the assembly.

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